Peer Review Week 2017 to run from September 11 – 17 - May 3, 2017
Following on from the success of Peer Review Week 2016, a group of organisations is working collaboratively to plan a week of activities and events to strengthen and celebrate peer review for the third year in a row. The theme of Peer Review Week 2017 is Transparency in Review,… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing to pilot new Mentorship Program - May 2, 2017
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will pilot a new Mentorship Program starting in June 2017. The SSP Career Development Committee is seeking up to 12 mentors and up to 12 mentees to participate in this new program and provide feedback. This new program is ideal… Read More
New BioMed Central and Digital Science report looks to the future of peer review - May 2, 2017
Open access publisher BioMed Central and Digital Science have announced a new report, according to which, in order to affect real, industry-wide improvements to the peer review process, publishers, researchers, funders and institutions need to be willing to experiment with different models,… Read More
USTR’s Special 301 Report, addresses China, Russia, and India, and urges Canada to revise its fair-dealing provisions - May 1, 2017
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has welcomed the release of the Special 301 Report by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The Report identifies significant copyright concerns and market-access barriers facing U.S. rights holders in key markets and highlights particular issues in Canada.… Read More
New OCLC Research report offers framework for developing culture of collaboration between archivists and IT professionals - April 28, 2017
Global library cooperative OCLC has released Demystifying IT: A Framework for Shared Understanding between Archivists and IT Professionals, a follow-on report in the popular Demystifying Born Digital series designed to help archivists achieve a better understanding of how information technology professionals work so that they can… Read More
SPARC Europe and Digital Curation Centre release new briefing paper on the ‘Value of Open Data to Research Institutions’ - April 27, 2017
Institutions that house and support research programs are uniquely positioned to advance the open sharing of data. Research managers at these institutions play a pivotal role since they steer institutional policy, strategy and infrastructure development. A newly released briefing paper that speaks directly to these influential figures, and provides… Read More
